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Release GOP Delegates, Commit Party Suicide

Eric O’Keefe and David B. Rivkin Jr. couldn’t have provided a clearer map for the destruction of the Republican Party.

June 17, 2016 3:02 p.m. ET

Eric O’Keefe and David B. Rivkin Jr. (“Release the GOP Delegates,” op-ed, June 13) couldn’t have provided any clearer road map for the destruction of the Republican Party. Their advice to delegates to disregard all of the criteria and process that resulted in their election to represent their fellow voters, represents exactly what the voters are rebelling against. Messrs. O’Keefe and Rivkin see the way forward through manipulation of existing rules and procedures, writing rules after the fact and exercising free will above personal obligation. Each of the delegates to the Republican convention, accepted a personal obligation...